Discussion Questions

• When you are under pressure, what usually comes out of your heart: fear, frustration, control, or trust in God?
• God’s timing often feels late. Can you think of a time when you felt God delayed, but looking back you saw His perfect timing?
• Saul was more concerned with people’s opinions than with God’s. In what areas of life are you tempted to value human approval over God’s approval?

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• What has this study of Ecclesiastes shown you about God, yourself and the world?
• How has the wisdom of Ecclesiastes brought greater delight and joy in your life? How has it brought you discomfort or pain?
• "God will bring every deed into judgment." What emotion does this evoke in you? How should this truth shape the way we live, even in hidden or ordinary moments?
• How does the rest of the Scripture, specifically the person of Jesus Christ, continue and complete the story of Ecclesiastes?

Discussion Questions

• In what ways do we try to delay, stop, or hide our fleeting age?
• How does our culture prize youthfulness?
• How can you both rejoice in the gifts God is giving you and be thankful for the ones He has given you in the past?
• How have you seen the promise of eternal life shaping the way you live now in relation to aging?

Discussion Questions

• Where has your own foolishness, even just a “little folly,” proved costly in your life?
• How has behavior modification worked in suppressing folly in your life? Why does it continue to fail?
• If our attitudes, words and actions all flow from the heart, how do we gain a heart of wisdom?

Discussion Questions

• What would your life say if it ended today?
• How does Ecclesiastes 9 challenge or comfort you in light of your current priorities?
• Do you find yourself avoiding thoughts of death? Why or why not? How could remembering your mortality actually shape your life for good?

Discussion Questions

• How do you feel and act when you disagree with a governmental law?
• What’s a recent example of something that happened outside of your control and your response?
• Why should you find joy in God’s gifts when you’re not feeling joyful but frustrated?

Discussion Questions

• Why do we find it so difficult to accept the limitations in our lives?
• What ways are you tempted to attempt to escape from even the thought of death and limitations?
• What will others say about you at your funeral? Is that what you want to be known for?
• Where have you seen the benefits of wise living in your own life?
• How can you intentionally grow in wisdom?

Sermon Title: Mirage Joy; When More is Never Enough

Sermon Passage: Ecclesiastes 6:1-12

Speaker: Jin Lee

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/IWjQRS83cHw